New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, reacting to the public furore over the explicitly vulgar song ‘Sarka Chunar’, cautioned the filmmakers on Tuesday against ‘abusing’ the freedom of speech and called for exercising it within the accepted societal standards.Speaking in Lok Sabha, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, “A ban has already been imposed on the song. I must tell the House clearly that we must respect and operate according to the…
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Raisen, March 12 (IANS) Member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Priyank Kanoongo on Thursday met with senior officials of the Raisen District Magistrate, Superintendent of Police (SP), and the Regional Director regarding a case related to illegal cannon firing from Raisen Fort. During the meeting held at the regional office of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in Raisen, the Commission member raised the issue of misuse of the cannon and the preventive actions required fro…
Bhopal, March 7 (IANS) National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Member Priyank Kanoongo on Saturday expressed strong displeasure over miscreants firing illegal country-made cannons on a residential area from the side of an Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)-protected fort in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh. Kanoongo shared a video on his social media account showing a group of people firing and celebrating each shot. He alleged that miscreants are firing illegal indigenous cannons on re…
Vidisha, March 5 (IANS) A Congress leader and some of his associates have been booked for allegedly encroaching upon a government pond allotted to a private organisation and for allegedly threatening fishermen in Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha district.Police have registered a case against former Vidisha district Congress president Ashok Yadav and his associates Om Yadav and Rajiv Yadav under Sections 296(b), 351(1), 351(4) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), according to an FIR lodged at…
Bhopal, Feb 5 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission’s (NHRC) member Priyank Kanoongo said on Thursday that the Commission has issued notices to all state governments, the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, and sports authorities, summoning information regarding the rules and guidelines related to the operation of gyms and fitness centres. He stated that the Commission has received several complaints regarding the sexual exploitation of women and minor girls targeted by trainers in gym…